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percent. In 2010, children under 15 years old was accounted for 44.1 percent of the total population of the POPULATION AND SOCIAL PROFILE region, children of age 5 to 9 years with 15.7 percent and those children aged less than 5 years were accounted for SOCIAL COMPOSITION AND CHARACTERISTICS 13.7 percent. In terms of distribution by Figure 3.1. Population Pyramid by sex Age-Sex Distribution sex and age, there are and age group: Maguindanao, 2015 slightly more females than males in the age groups 0 to Children 5 to 9 years comprised the largest age 14 years old, 60 to 64 years groups of the population old and 45 to 54 years old in the 2015 POPCEN with females comprising 23.8 Table 3.1. Total Population by Age Group: Maguindanao, 2015 percent of the total population in these age AGE GROUP TOTAL groups. In the contrary, there POPULATION are more males than females 0-4 165,923 in the age groups 20 to 44 0-14 493,933 years with males comprising 15-64 658,808 16.9 percent of the total 18 years and over 593,156 population in these age Source: Philippine Statistics Authority 60 years and over 35,761 groups. 65 years and over 21,192 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority On the other hand, the proportions of males and females in the age groups 15 to 19 years old, 55 to 59 years old, 65 to 79 Of the total population in the 2015, 42.1 percent are under years old and 80 years and over are almost the same. It 15 years of age or 493,933. Children aged 5 to 9 years also means that they almost had equal population. comprised the largest part of the total population in the province which was 14.7 percent. Meanwhile, children of age under 5 years were accounted for 14.1 percent of the total population, and those 10 to 14 years with 13.3 Page | 12 Sex Ratio of the total population. The working-age population (15 to 64 years old) accounted for the remaining 56.1 percent (or The province’s sex ratio stands at 102 males for every 658,808 persons). 100 females The overall dependency ratio of Maguindanao is 78.2, which indicates that for every 100 working-age population, Maguindanao’s total population in 2015 has 50.7 percent there are about 78 or more dependents (75 young males while 49.3 percent are females with a sex ratio of dependents and more or less 3 old dependents). This is 102 males per 100 females. The 2010 CPH posted 104 higher than the national figure (58) and lower than the males per 100 females. This means that through the dependency ratio in 2010 recorded at 83.9 dependents per years, males outnumbered the females. This trend can 100 working-age population (81.1 young dependents and also be seen in every age group of the population. 2.8 old dependents). Table 3.2. Sex Ratio by Age-Group: Maguindanao, 2015 AGE GROUP SEX RATIO Religious Affiliation (MALE:FEMALE) All Ages 102:100 Islam accounted for 83.0 percent of the total 0-14 106:100 population of Maguindanao 15-64 100:100 Majority (83.0 percent or 974,192 persons) of the total 65 years and over 104:100 population of the province in 2015 reported Islam as their Source: Philippine Statistics Authority religious affiliation. The corresponding figure in 2010 was 83.9 percent (793,001 persons). The next largest religious affiliation in the province was the Roman Catholic, Age Dependency Ratio comprising 8.1 percent of the total population. It was followed by those who were affiliated with the National Dependency ratio decreases to 78 dependents per 100 Council of Churches in the Philippines (3.4 percent), tribal persons in the working-age group religions (1.3 percent), and Evangelicals (Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches), with 1.0 percent. In the 2015 POPCEN, the young dependents (0 to 14 years old) comprised 42.1 percent (or 493,933 persons) of the total population, while the old dependents (65 years old and over) comprised 1.8 percent (or 21,192 persons) Page | 13 Highest Educational Attainment Marital Status Females outnumbered males in academic degree and There were more males than females among the school attendance rate never-married persons Of the 835,918 total population 10 years and over, 48.8 Of the total population 5 years old and over across percent was married while 47.3 percent was never Maguindanao, 49.52 percent or 499,119 had reached or married. The rest of the total population was categorized completed elementary education, 23.81 percent or as follows: widowed (2.9 percent), divorced/separated (0.9 240,054 had reached or finished high school, 6.10 percent percent), and in common-law/live-in marital arrangement or 61,444 was college undergraduate, and 2.18 percent or (0.5 percent). 21,936 was baccalaureate or college graduate. Among those with baccalaureate degree, the females Among the never married persons, 52.2 percent was male outnumbered (54.6 percent) the males (45.4 percent). while 47.8 percent was female. In contrast, the females outnumbered the males along those who were widowed, Figure 3.2. Educational Attainment Percentage: Maguindanao, 2015 divorced/separated, and in common-law/live-in marital arrangement. The proportion by sex was equal (both 50.0 percent among those who were married. Figure 3.3. Proportion of Households by Marital Status: Maguindanao, 2015 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Page | 14 Poverty Statistics thresholds and about 15 percent for the food between 2015 and 2018. Figure 3.4. Poverty Incidence Among Families, BARMM: 2009-2018 Section 3 of Republic Act 8425 of 1997 (Social Reform & Poverty Alleviation Act) defines Poor as individuals whose Poverty Incidence Among Families Among Five Provinces income falls below the poverty threshold as define by the in BARMM, 2009-2019 National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) 80 72.0 74.3 and/or cannot afford in a sustained manner to provide their 67.3 65.7 63.1 60 minimum basic needs of food, health, education, housing, 50.2 64.1 48.7 54.5 and other essential amenities of life. 46.4 43.3 40.2 45.2 40 38.6 35.5 39.9 35.2 29.4 32.1 35.6 Based on the latest poverty survey released by Philippine 28.2 28.8 20 21.9 Statistics Authority (PSA) in 2018, the annual per capita 14.5 14.7 poverty threshold or the minimum income required of 0 individuals living in Maguindanao to meet the basic food 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 and non-food needs was estimated at Php 25,115. On the Basilan Lanao del Sur Maguindanao other hand, the food threshold or the minimum amount Sulu Tawi-tawi needed to meet the basic food needs was estimated on average at Php 17, 557. In terms of population, poverty incidence among Also, based on the estimated poverty threshold, 39.9 individuals living in Maguindanao in 2018 was estimated at percent or about 40 out of 100 families were estimated to 47.8 percent. This translates to 601.7 thousand be poor in 2018. In terms of magnitude, this is equivalent individuals living in Maguindanao who cannot afford to buy to 83.1 thousand Maguindanao families with incomes that their basic food and non-food needs. Moreover, based on are not enough to meet their basic food and non-food the annual per capita food threshold, subsistence needs. incidence among families living in Maguindanao in 2018 was estimated at 14.6 percent, which translates to 30.4 A family of five living in Maguindanao will need at least thousand families with incomes that are insufficient to buy Php 10,465.00 per month for their minimum basic food and their basic food needs. Meanwhile, 19.6 percent of the non-food needs; and at least Php 7,315.41 per month on individuals living in Maguindanao were estimated as average to meet the family’s basic food needs. These subsistence poor. This is equivalent to 247.4 thousand represent an increase of about 40 percent poverty individuals whose income are insufficient to buy even their basic food needs. Page | 15 Poverty Threshold and Poverty Incidence In 2018, a family with at least five (5) members living in Maguindanao needed at least Php 10,465.00 on average monthly to meet their basic food and non-food needs. There are 39.9 percent or around 83,100 poor families living in Maguindanao. Table 3.3 Annual Per Capita Poverty Threshold, Poverty Incidence Among Families and Magnitude of Poor Families Annual Per Capita Poverty Poverty Incidence Among Families (%) Magnitude of Poor Families Threshold (in Pesos) Estimates (%) Coefficient of Variation Estimates (in thousands) 2009 2012 2015 2018 2009 2012 2015 2018 2009 2012 2015 2018 2009 2012 2015 2018 Philippines 16,871 18,953 22,685 25,744 20.5 19.7 17.9 12.1 2.1 2.2 2.2 1.4 4,036.9 4,124.9 4,111.1 2,986.3 BARMM 16,683 20,517 22,590 27,556 39.9 48.7 53.3 53.6 7.9 6.5 5.2 2.6 212.5 271.4 330.4 352.3 Maguindanao 16,071 18,873 20,229 25,115 43.3 54.5 45.2 39.9 13.0 9.7 8.5 7.5 68.0 89.0 80.1 83.1 Meanwhile, an individual living in the different municipalities in Maguindanao needed at least Php 2,093.00 on average monthly to meet their basic food and non-food needs.